430 64. SCHIZiEA, §§§ ACTINOSTACHYS. 



flattened or slightly so either before or after the first fork. — Sturm in Man. Fl. 

 Bras.fasc. 23. p. 184. t. 13. 



Hab. Guiana and Brazil. — Perhaps this sbould be considered a reduced variety of 

 degmn. 



12. S. (Loph.) Sprucei, Hk. MSS. ; caud. woody, suberect; s*. 9-12 inl., firm, 

 dense, erect, clothed, especially below, with squarrose fibrillose brownish scales ; 

 fr. 6-8 in. 1., very thick in texture, naked, channelled, § in. br. at the widest 

 part, narrowed gradually downwards, bearing at the apex 1-6 long-stalked 

 fertile segm., which are 1^-2 in. 1., the rachis spirally recurved, the spikes very 

 numerous, f-f in. 1., tomentose beneath.— Iffi. Ic. t. 1016. 



Hab. Banks of the Eio Negro, Spruce 3752. — A very distinct new species. 



13. S. (Loph.) dichotoma, Sw. ; st. 6-18 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy, channelled 

 on the face above ; fr. fanlike in general outline, 6-9 in. each way, many times 

 dichotomously forked, the ultimate divisions 5-I lin. br., with 1 fertile segm. to 

 each, \-\ in. 1., the rachis often curved, with 4-10 close, spreading spikes on each 

 side. — Hk. & Or. t. 17. Beddome, t. 65. S. Forsteri, Spr, S. cristata, Willd. 

 S. Poppigiana, Sturm, 



Hab. Cuba, Venezuela, Peru, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Ma- 

 laccas, Neilgherries, Masoaren Isles. — The Polynesian S. eristata, Willd., is a large form 

 with broader divisions than usual. The American plant is S. occidentalis, Griseb., and 

 is said to have the fertile segment twice as long as in the type ; but we do not find the 

 character to always hold good. 



14. S. (Loph.) elegans, Sw. ; st. 6-12 in. I., firm, erect, naked ; fr. like the 

 letter V in outline, 4-8 in. each way, dichotomously forked or cleft, the divisions 

 varying greatly in number and breadth (^-2 in.), surface glossy; fertile segm, 

 copious, distinctly stalked, J-f in. 1., the rachis often recurved with 6-16 close 

 spreading linear-cylindrical spikes on each side. — Hk. O. F. t. 54. — /3, S.fldbellum, 

 Mart. ; fr. almost or quite undivided. — Mart. t. 65, L. latifolium, liich, S. 

 spectabilis. Mart. Sturm. Fl. Bras.fasc. 23. 1. 1^. 



Hab. West Indies and Mexico to Brazil.— /S. attenuata, Beyr., appears to be a form 

 with unusually narrow divisions. S. pacificans, Mart. loon. Crypt, t. 56, has two entire 

 divisions, each 6 in. br. 



§§§ Actinostaehys, Wall. Fertile segment digitate rather than pinnate ; caps, 

 quaariserial. Sp. 15-16. ' 1 



16. S. (Aotin.) pennula, Sw, ; st. dense, 1-2 in. 1., subterete, brownish, passing 

 gradually into the fr., which is 1 ft. or more 1., nearly 1 lin. thick, triquetrous, 

 with 3 sharp angles, crowned at the apex with 6-12 subtriquetrous fertile 

 spikes, which are f-l| in. 1., pilose beneath, with the caps, usually in 4 rows. — 

 S. trilateralis, Schk. Hk. S Or. t. 54. S. penicillata, H. B. K, S. laevigata, 

 Mett. — /3, S. suUrijvga, Mart. ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., much more slender, the spikes 

 often reduced to 3 or 4. — Kunze, t. &J.f. 1. A. Germani, Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 29. 



Hab. West Indies to Eio, New Caledonia, Isle of Pines, Seychelles. — We csniiot 

 distinguish the Polynesian S. kevigata from the American plant. The New Caledonian^ 

 S. intermedia, Mett., is intermediate between our two varietie,9. , - » fc I t | 



16. S. (Actin.) digitata, Sw. ; st. dense, 1-2 in. 1., brownish, subterete, pa^ng 

 gradually into the fr., which is 1 ft. or more 1., 1-2 lin. br., flattened, tlj^ 

 midrib beneath prominent, crowned at the apex with 6-15 subtriquetrous 

 fertile spikes, which are H in. 1., naked beneath, with the caps, in 4 rows and 

 the edge much inflexed. — Hk. O. F. t. 64. 



Hab. Himalayas to Ceylon, Bonin, Philippines, Malay Isles and Fiji. 



